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不識好歹

简 不识好歹 · 繁 不識好歹
Mandarin · pinyin bù shí hǎo dǎi

Meanings

  1. unable to tell good from bad (idiom)
  2. undiscriminating
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
識
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好
hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
歹
dǎi · bad, vicious, depraved, wicked
识
shí · shì · recognize, understand, know
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4–2–3–3 · bu4 shi2 hao3 dai3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bat1 sik1 hou2 daai2

Cantonese word readings for 不識好歹. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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bat1 sik1 hou2 daai2

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adj

  1. synonym of 不知好歹 (bùzhīhǎodǎi)

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